More details on skateboarder shooting

We have additional details about the 19-year-old skateboarder shot in Valentine early Tuesday morning after he tried to skate away from an armed robbery.

According to the police report:

The victim was skateboarding near 38th and Washington streets when an armed passenger got out of at silver Chevy Impala and said, “Give me yo shit.”

The victim began to take off his backpack but then decided to skate away, was shot in the buttock and went to Chubby’s restaurant for help.

Police responded there at about 12:55 a.m. When police asked where his backpack was, the victim from Kansas City, Kan., told them he would not show it to them.

He was taken to a hospital for treatment. What was in the backpack remains a mystery.

No additional details are available.

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